<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The failure to Dev Lab B (see below) effectively removed all access to EHPStage during the cutover trial period. Dan Mackin at applied trust is going to work to resolve this in case an actual fail over becomes required.<div><br></div><div>If you noticed any problems using the deployment tool or otherwise accessing EHPStage (SSH, HTTP, etc) from about 2:00 - 3:00 mountain time it was likely due to this test. Please let me (or the broader community) know if you are still having any access problems.<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br>Thanks,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>~Eric.<br></div><div><br></div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"David B Mason" <<a href="mailto:dmason1@usgs.gov">dmason1@usgs.gov</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 21, 2009 3:26:39 PM MST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"GS-G-CR Hazards anss-it-staff" <anss-it-staff></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">David B Mason <<a href="mailto:dmason1@usgs.gov">dmason1@usgs.gov</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Fw: ANSS Firewall CutOver</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">All,</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">The test has been completed. Connectivity was successfully re-established through the backup firewall within tens of seconds for most connections. Some of the incoming waveform data feeds took several minutes but eventually reconnected as well. The only problem was that Dev Lab B was inaccessible. Thanks to the test, Applied Trust was able to isolate the cause to a port configuration on the InterZone switch and will be working to get that corrected this week.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">We are now back on the primary firewall. Dev Lab B is accessible through that one. </font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I anticipate no further interruptions with regard to the new firewalls.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thank-You for your cooperation and patience.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">David</font> <br> <br><font size="1" color="#800080" face="sans-serif">----- Forwarded by David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI on 12/21/2009 03:18 PM -----</font> <br> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI</font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">GS-G-CR Hazards anss-it-staff</font> </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Cc:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David B Mason <<a href="mailto:dmason1@usgs.gov">dmason1@usgs.gov</a>></font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">12/21/2009 12:07 PM</font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject:</font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Fw: ANSS Firewall CutOver</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <br> <hr noshade=""> <br> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> All,</font><font size="3"> <br> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> The firewall failover test has been re-scheduled for <u>today at 2 pm</u>. I will check with the analysts to make sure the earth is cooperating before giving the go-ahead for Applied Trust (Dan Mackin) to fail over to the secondary device. If all goes as expected, the interruption of your session connections should last only about a minute. However, you may find it necessary to restart some applications. </font><font size="3"> <br> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> For NEIC Operations, please save your work at about 1:55. Also, I recommend that you <u>not </u>be typing anything into your Chicxulub session from then until about 2:05. It may still be necessary for you to log out and back in. I do not think it will be necessary to restart your Hydra displays.</font><font size="3"> <br> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> If all goes as expected, Dan will fail back to the primary firewall at 2:21. It is possible the failback may not occur until as late as 2:40. I will try to let the NEIC Operations folks know several minutes before that actually happens.</font><font size="3"> <br> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> David</font><font size="3"> <br> </font><font size="1" color="#800080" face="sans-serif"><br> ----- Forwarded by David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI on 12/21/2009 11:45 AM -----</font><font size="3"> </font> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="9%"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td width="90%"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">GS-G-CR Hazards anss-it-staff</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Cc:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David B Mason <<a href="mailto:dmason1@usgs.gov">dmason1@usgs.gov</a>>, <a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a>, <a href="mailto:seidel@atrust.com">seidel@atrust.com</a>, <a href="mailto:ned@trust.com">ned@trust.com</a></font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">12/16/2009 09:56 AM</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Fw: ANSS Firewall CutOver</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <br><font size="3"><br> </font> <hr noshade=""><font size="3"><br> <br> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> All,</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> Due to some system problems occurring this morning, I'm cancelling the firewall failover test scheduled for this afternoon. The problems are unrelated to the new firewalls but involve network and remote access issues that will interfere with the planned test.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> I will inform you when a new date/time has been scheduled.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> David</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> </font><font size="1" color="#800080" face="sans-serif"><br> ----- Forwarded by David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI on 12/16/2009 09:53 AM -----</font><font size="3"> </font> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="9%"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td width="90%"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">GS-G-CR Hazards anss-it-staff</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Cc:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">David B Mason <<a href="mailto:dmason1@usgs.gov">dmason1@usgs.gov</a>>, <a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a>, <a href="mailto:seidel@atrust.com">seidel@atrust.com</a>, <a href="mailto:ned@atrust.com">ned@atrust.com</a></font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">12/15/2009 04:28 PM</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Fw: ANSS Firewall CutOver</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <br><font size="3"><br> <br> </font> <hr noshade=""><font size="3"><br> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> <br> All,</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> Yesterday's firewall replacement went very smoothly, and there appear to be no problems.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> Tomorrow, <b><u>December 16th, beginning at 1 pm Mountain time</u></b>, we will be performing a failover test to the new backup firewall that was installed yesterday. Unless an important earthquake is occurring at the time, Dan Mackin of Applied Trust, will simulate of failure of the primary firewall at precisely 1 o'clock. The network should automatically fail over to the backup firewall, and connections should re-establish within about a minute. The service will be switched back to the primary by 1:45.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> For the analysts on duty at that time, we recommend that you save your work several minutes before 1 o'clock. Also, refrain from typing into your remote connection to Chicxulub during the few minutes surrounding that time. I will notify you several minutes prior to the switch-back.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> About a dozen subject matter experts will be actively checking their systems for connectivity and notifying Dan of the status over a phone bridge throughout the test. If you notice unexpected problems persisting beyond 1:45, you may contact Dan at the number given in his last email below. He will remain available in the large computer room in the basement until at least 2 o'clock. Alternatively, you may contact me at my cell: 303-358-6597.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> Thank-You for you patience in what we hope will be the last interruption for this project.</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> David</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="1" color="#800080" face="sans-serif"><br> <br> ----- Forwarded by David B Mason/GD/USGS/DOI on 12/15/2009 04:12 PM -----</font><font size="3"> </font> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="9%"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td width="90%"><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Dan Mackin <<a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a>></font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">gs-g-cr <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov</a>>, gs-g-cr <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov</a>></font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Cc:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">seals <<a href="mailto:seal@atrust.com">seal@atrust.com</a>></font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">12/14/2009 10:26 AM</font><font size="3"> </font> </td></tr><tr valign="top"> <td><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject:</font><font size="3"> </font> </td><td><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: ANSS Firewall CutOver</font></td></tr></tbody></table> <br><font size="3"><br> <br> <br> </font> <hr noshade=""><tt><font size="2"><br> <br> <br> All:<br> We have cut over to the new ANSS firewalls and as of right now everything seems to be good. We are still testing some connections and will be available for the rest of the day if you all experience any problems relating to this firewall cut over. Please contact us immediately if you notice any problems or need help troubleshooting. Thank you all so much for your help.<br> -Dan Mackin<br> <a href="mailto:dan-pager@atrust.com">dan-pager@atrust.com</a><br> <a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a><br> 720-299-0767<br> <br> ----- Original Message -----<br> From: "Dan Mackin" <<a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a>><br> To: "gs-g-cr" <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov</a>>, "gs-g-cr" <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov</a>><br> Cc: "seals" <<a href="mailto:seals@atrust.com">seals@atrust.com</a>><br> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:40:27 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br> Subject: Fwd: ANSS Firewall CutOver<br> <br> All:<br> This is the 20 minute heads-up warning that we're going to cut over the ANSS firewall right at 10:00AM MST. Please let me know immediately if you have any issues with this plan. Thank you.<br> -Dan Mackin<br> Cell: 720-299-0767<br> <br> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> From: "Dan Mackin" <<a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a>><br> To: "gs-g-cr hazards anss-it-staff" <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov</a>><br> Cc: "gs-g-cr hazards fire" <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov</a>><br> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:37:44 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br> Subject: Fwd: ANSS Firewall CutOver<br> <br> All:<br> Just a reminder that we'll be cutting over the ANSS firewall tomorrow morning (Monday) at 10:00AM MST. IT maintenance announcement document is attached. Thanks.<br> -Dan Mackin<br> <br> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> From: "Dan Mackin" <<a href="mailto:dan@atrust.com">dan@atrust.com</a>><br> To: "gs-g-cr hazards anss-it-staff" <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_anss-it-staff@usgs.gov</a>><br> Cc: "gs-g-cr hazards fire" <<a href="mailto:gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov">gs-g-cr_hazards_fire@usgs.gov</a>>, <a href="mailto:seal@atrust.com">seal@atrust.com</a><br> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:50:16 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br> Subject: ANSS Firewall CutOver<br> <br> All:<br> We'll be cutting over the ANSS firewall on Monday morning at 10:00 MST. <br> Attached is the IT Maintenance Announcement. Please let me know if you <br> have any questions. I'll send out this announcement once more Sunday <br> afternoon and again Monday morning before the cut over (at 9:40AM). <br> Thanks! <br> <br> -- <br> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Dan Mackin<br> Applied Trust Engineering - </font></tt><a href="http://www.atrust.com/"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>http://www.atrust.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> - 303.245.4516<br> Security, Performance, Availability, and Incident Management<br> ---- visit our blog at </font></tt><a href="http://www.barkingseal.com/"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>http://www.barkingseal.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> ----<br> <br> <br> -- <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Dan Mackin<br> Applied Trust Engineering - </font></tt><a href="www.atrust.com"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>www.atrust.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> - 303.245.4516<br> Providing IT Consulting Services focused on Security, Performance,<br> Availability, Ecoinfrastructure, and Incident Management. <br> ---- visit our blog at </font></tt><a href="http://www.barkingseal.com/"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>http://www.barkingseal.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> ----<br> <br> -- <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Dan Mackin<br> Applied Trust Engineering - </font></tt><a href="www.atrust.com"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>www.atrust.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> - 303.245.4516<br> Providing IT Consulting Services focused on Security, Performance,<br> Availability, Ecoinfrastructure, and Incident Management. <br> ---- visit our blog at </font></tt><a href="http://www.barkingseal.com/"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>http://www.barkingseal.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> ----<br> <br> -- <br> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Dan Mackin<br> Applied Trust Engineering - </font></tt><a href="www.atrust.com"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>www.atrust.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> - 303.245.4516<br> Providing IT Consulting Services focused on Security, Performance,<br> Availability, Ecoinfrastructure, and Incident Management. <br> ---- visit our blog at </font></tt><a href="http://www.barkingseal.com/"><tt><font size="2" color="blue"><u>http://www.barkingseal.com</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"> ----</font></tt><font size="3"><br> </font> <br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>